Romanchaka – Landlord (B. Ajaneesh Loknath) – Kannada: There’s a smattering of Rahman’s Minsara Kanavu number, VeNNilave ...

Unlike last year, where I felt the entire music scene, across languages, was unexciting, this year was slightly different. The Hindi film (and TV series) music was a total slog! Dismal is the word ...

Din Jo Dhal Gaya – Kuch Sapney Apne (Vishal Bhardwaj) – Hindi: A searing melody that is so very Vishal Bhardwaj, particularly when Rekha Bhardwaj goes, heartbreakingly, ‘Lautaayegaa?’ at the end of ...

The first Weeklies of 2026 has a lot of backlog from the 2nd half of December considering I closed the entires for my annual round-up by mid-December. So, solid playlist this time, with 20 songs! Ghar ...

Surprisingly, the songs of Brother are still not on Spotify (as also JioSaavn), though they are on Gaana and YouTube! Kasturi – Amar Prem Ki Prem Kahani (Prasad Sashte) – Hindi: The kind of song that ...

It’s that time of the year again when I spend a LOT of time rehearing the songs I enjoyed all through the year and make lists! So, here we go again – this is the 17th year of my making a multilingual ...

Back after a L-O-N-G time (a month!), thanks to a lot of travel and work. So, bumper-sized playlist this time – 38 songs! Awaara Angaara, Jigar Thanda, Jigar Thanda (Female), Chinnaware – Tere Ishk ...

A humongous playlist, for Milliblog Weeklies’ standards – 28 songs this week! Title song – Ek Deewane ki Deewaniyat (Kaushik-Guddu) – Hindi: When the ‘Tu hi armaan’ line explodes, guitars blazing the ...

Kisi Roz – Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha (M.M. Kreem) – Hindi: Whoa, this is a stupendous shocker from Keeravani! To produce a song like this in the age of pulsating Punjabi pop becoming default Bollywood ...

Let me start with a confession. Despite having been a massive fan of Ilayaraja ever since I remember, I heard ‘Jotheyali’ from the 1980 Kannada film Geetha…for the first time in my life…in 2008. Yes, ...

The title song is tantalizingly short and it’s perhaps the shorter-than-usual duration that wants you to listen to it more and more! Amitabh Bhattacharya seems to be channelizing his inner Vaali, the ...

Back after a three-week break. Reason? Health (for those not following me on Twitter)! So, a massive playlist of 21 songs! Bheegi Saree and Danger – Param Sundari (Sachin-Jigar) – Hindi: Just like how ...